Sun Microsystems Fire X4540, Administration Manual

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C H A P T E R
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Introduction to the Sun Fire X4500
Server
This chapter introduces you to the Sun Fire X4540 Server and describes some of its
features.
The following information is covered in this chapter:
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“Features of the Server” on page 1
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“Exterior Features, Controls, and Indicators” on page 3
Features of the Server
The Sun Fire X4500 server is a mid-level, modular, rack-optimized server in the Sun
x64 product family. The family platform includes servers engineered for AMD
Opteron CPUs and deployment into commercial server markets in a slide-mounted,
horizontally biased enclosure for rack cabinet installations, primarily in datacenter
locations.
The server provides the following maximum system configurations:
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8 DDR-I DIMM slots (4 per processor), up to 2 GB per DIMM (16 GB per system)
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Up to forty-eight 3.5 SATA Type-1 drives, of 250 GB-500 GB capacity each (over 24
TB total system capacity)
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Two 133 MHz PCI-X slots
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4 USB ports
Standard I/O includes four 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet ports, VGA video,
serial, four USB ports, and one 10/100BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet management port.